The Myanmar government has expanded the Irrawaddy Dolphin Protected Area, initially spanning 74 kilometers (46 miles) of the Irrawaddy River, to include a 100-kilometer (62-mile) stretch of the river.

Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We Catholic Bishops of Myanmar, representing the Catholic Christians of 16 dioceses, earnestly request all the stakeholders to seriously reconsider the ill-conceived ...

Sunrises dazzle in the morning river fog. Sunsets do the same when filtered through smoke rising from the burning stubble of rice fields. You find pleasant splashes of color everywhere during a voyage ...

Responding to luxury traveler demand for historic tours of Myanmar via the Irrawaddy River, The Strand Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, is now offering journeys on the waterway via the new The Strand Cruise.

Viking River Cruises will become the first major river cruise line to offer sailings in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Beginning in January 2014, Viking will offer a 16-day Burma and Thailand itinerary ...

KYA HNYAT, Myanmar -- To the residents of Kya Hnyat, a village of thatched-roof huts more than 700 miles up Myanmar's Irrawaddy River, the arrival of the Avalon Myanmar must seem like the coming of an ...

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Burma), September 30, 2011 (ENS) – Myanmar President Thein Sein today announced that the Myitsone Dam on the Irrawaddy River would be halted “to respect the will of the people.” ...

Sanctuary Ananda sails on the Irrawaddy River past Sagaing. Men living on a cargo ship on the Irrawaddy River prepare for their day's work. Photo: iStock Children in Sin Kyun village. Photo: Supplied ...

NYAUNG CHAY HTOUNT was the fifth village we visited on our 10-day cruise of the upper Irrawaddy River in northern Myanmar. Like the others at which we’d stopped, this encampment stretched along a bank ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — It was easy for Myanmar’s former military government to change the name of the country’s mightiest river, but a magazine ordered to make the same change is putting up a fight.